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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Sporting Charleroi in this game against Zulte-Waregem, but the away team will resist to the end. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Pro League

Zulte-Waregem is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

6-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sporting Charleroi so far this season.

No payout for Sporting Charleroi in their previous match, an away game at Anderlecht that ended in defeat 0-4. Midfielder Zorgane was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Zorgane hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).

Before that, Sporting Charleroi had a home game versus Cercle Brugge which ended with a victory 5-0.

Sporting Charleroi has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Zulte-Waregem have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-4-9 (16 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Zulte-Waregem, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Zulte-Waregem are looking to quickly end their 187 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.

Zulte-Waregem failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sint-Truiden (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Goalkeeper Bossut got the top player rating of the team with 7.64/10. Bossut saved a penalty.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Antwerp's place.

Zulte-Waregem find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Many of these goals have come late in the fixtures; more than 50 % (16 goals) after the 60th minute. For Zulte-Waregem, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Zulte-Waregem - Sporting Charleroi 2-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Charleroi won four, Zulte-Waregem were winners in four and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
17 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
13 goals
Sporting CharleroiA. Gholizadeh
A. Gholizadeh
7 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Charleroi Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
14 6 4 Won W 1 3 8
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
10 5 0 Lost L 3 9 17
52 21 11 Scored S 5 19 42
46 16 2 Conceded C 12 34 66
91% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
61% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 64%
39% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 44% 39%
15% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 21%
39% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 61%
36% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
33% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 24%
 
4.6 5.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 2.8 3.6
5.6 5.1 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 6.9 6.5
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.6 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
13.5 14.2 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.2 10.8
4.9 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.8
32% 25% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 35% 33%
 
13.7 10.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 17.3 16.1
4.9 4.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.1 5.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.